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I did NOT click on it, and to make sure wasted another hour with: uninstalling deleting all existing files and reinstalling TO MAKE SURE Have wasted hour coming up on days and am *done*. This *IS* a bug as the 2 tech folks I spoke with admitted to.  No mas!!! 

there is nothing Intuit can do if you're on MAC OS 13, support for that OS ended last Nov and Intuit does not support Turbotax on unsupported OS versions.  If your hardware is not allowing upgrade MAC OS 14 that means your hardware is outdated also.   The solutions are either find/buy a different laptop that is supported (Win 11 or MAC OS 14 or above), use online (a different experience tho - no forms mode, only 1 return, tends to be more expensive tho Intuit has an offer this year to move a desktop license to use Online Premium Fed+State), or use alternative s/w - HR Block is your only option in the desktop space which is still supporting older MAC OS versions.

Yes I have filled the appropriate information into each box for the online version but I am still struggling to get the worksheet to populate.  The instructions you have linked make sense and if I was filling this tax return out by hand then I can easily mark that information off and move on.  I have changed inputs, changed capitalization to match the instructions from the IL DOR.  At this point I am at a loss as to why the worksheet will not populate except for the fact that there is any issue with the online software not handling this credit correctly.  I have tried calling and finding someone in support to rectify this issue for me but support is non-existent for technical issues as far as I can tell.  I don't want to pay $150 for live support on what is their product's technical issue.

If you're using TurboTax Online and have paid for your return (but haven't filed yet) select Tax Tools from the left-side menu, then Print Center.  Select Print, save, or preview this year's return, and follow any additional instructions.  If you can't see the buttons, you may need to adjust your screen resolution.   In TurboTax Desktop, to to FILE, and there's a link at the top to 'Print/Save for your Records.'   @LaurieGore   

Even though the payer didn't fill in Box 16, if there was withholding in Box 14, Box 16 needs to have an entry. Otherwise, it looks to TurboTax as if the state withholding must have been an error.   If there was state withholding on your 1099-R, then just repeat the amount from Box 2a in Box 16.  

If they are qualifying expenses for the education credit,    Go to  Deductions & Credits Education Expenses and Scholarships (Form 1098-T)    Start or UPDATE   Select EDIT for the student (pencil)    Continue to "Did you have aby of these common situations in 2025?"    Select "Had education expenses other than tuition" Continue through to the list of schools (summary screen) and select CONTINUE Continue to the screen that says "Time to enter education expenses"   Required are books and supplies you HAD TO purchase from the school. Optional are books and supplies you could purchase from the school, or bookstore, or Online or anywhere. Enter the expense here, in Optional.    Room and Board is NOT an expense that is entered on this screen. Only expenses that qualify for a credit, such as books and supplies.

Whether or not you should file a 1099 depends on the tax purpose of your grazing land. If the land is only for personal use or a hobby, then the work was a personal expense and you are not required to file a 1099.   However, if the land is part of a trade or business such as a commercial farm, a livestock operation intended for profit, or a rental property, then the law requires you to file Form 1099-NEC for any individual you paid $600 or more during the year. Even if the laborers do not operate a formal business and you paid them in cash, the IRS views them as independent contractors.

I agree that preliminary data should not be used as final and it also may be true about Fidelity releasing in batches but I do not nor have I confirmed that.  While I can download from Fidelity outside of TT but TT can't download it apparently but TT says it was a success and their is nothing there.  I am not in the habit of pounding any manufacturer unless their product is deficient as this one appears to be because it says success when it's really a failure.  No input from the developers of the program so all we have are people guessing what the problem is and doing their absolute best to point to everything but the software.   Not too worry, I won't use the download feature as it is non functional and this will be the last time I use TT.  It is not worth the effort or frustration.

If you are self-employed, receive Form 1099-NEC or 1099-MISC and have business income and expenses, you will need to use an edition of TurboTax that covers these topics. For self-employed individuals (sole proprietors, freelancers, contractors), the best TurboTax options are TurboTax Premium (Online) or TurboTax Home & Business (Desktop/Download). These versions handle Schedule C for business income and expenses.    See this help article for more information about self-employment income. See here for more helpful tips for TurboTax users who are self-employed.  

MY STATE REFUND WAS LESS THAN I EXPECTED The state will send you a letter explaining the change.  TurboTax does not get any feedback from your state after your return is accepted, so no one at TT knows why your state refund was less.   Did you owe back taxes, child support, or student loans?  Traffic fines, etc.?     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/state-taxes/contact-state-department-revenue/L9qVToi02_US_en_US?uid=m6e06um0

the penalty is calculated on Form 2210, by default based on your safe harbor for the year, less withholding, divided by 4 against each quarterly due date, as you're expecting I think.  To explain why you're seeing a penalty calculated as though that entire amount is due since Q1 you'd need to provide more details.   If you are on desktop you can bring up Form 2210 in Forms mode - it doesn't display by default but do Open Form and type in 2210.  Not sure for TT Online equivalent but I assume it's shown in the PDF with all forms and worksheets.   the safe harbor will be the smaller of 90% of your 2025 tax, or 100% of your 2024 tax (110% if 2024 AGI > 150k or 75k if filing MFS) - see lines 1-9 on Form 2210.   if your quarterly distributions and other income were even throughout the year and you didn't pay withholding or ES then the Annualized Income method probably won't help (and note also for this method the quarters are uneven, ending 3/31, 5/31, 8/31, 12/31), but if your income is back-loaded towards later quarters you may be able to reduce the penalty (once you're comfortable with your original question about that default calculation to begin with).  You can work thru this under Other Tax Situations / Underpayment Penalty section.